I've had sparrows and house finches eating leaves of peas in
my garden. They seem to really like it. Little beak sized
triangles taken out. Funny to watch.

Ed Schulz
Everett, WA

-----Original Message-----
From: MBlanchrd at aol.com <MBlanchrd at aol.com>
To: festuca at olywa.net <festuca at olywa.net>
Cc: TWEETERS at u.washington.edu <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: Sparrows Eating Flower Petals


>Hi, All,
>
> While I've never seen sparrows eating flower petals, I've
had American
>goldfinches eat the leaves of my broccoli. They leave the
petals of the plant
>looking saw edged. They never bother the florets, which suits
me fine..always
>a treat to have goldfinches..
>Michelle
>